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Avatar: The Last Airbender
Book 2: Earth
THE COMPANION
Chapter 8: Separated
"ANANDA, NO!" But it was too late. The mirror had shattered trapping their dear friend on the other side. He heard Hachi whimpering on the ground over her lost friend.
"I'm sorry Aang." He turned to see Katara crying. "I'm so sorry." Then her cries turned into sobs as she burst into tears.
"Why are you talking like she's already dead!" Aang yelled. Although it was more out of frustration, anger and sadness at the fact that he just lost his friend. He wasn't mad at Katara. "She'll be fine. Ananda's always fine. She's my Erity. My special one. She has to be alright." The last part he said mainly to reassure himself.
"No Aang, I don't think she will be." Sokka's words cut him like shards of glass. "I mean, you saw the firebender standing over her, and you heard her scream. We all did." His words hurt Aang. But Aang knew she would be alright. At least, he kept telling himself that.
"Come on Hachi, show us the way." The whimpering dog got up and began walking them through the strange land of mirrors.
"Let her go." A familiar, and rather commanding voice told the two guards restraining her.
"Thank you! Man you guys have a tight grip! I'm gonna have permanent bruises because of you!" She exclaimed. Then turned to face the man in charge. She almost laughed. This was no man standing in front of her. He was only a few years older than her. He had a scar on the side of his face, and looked both mad and determined. She let out a small laugh. "What's so funny!" He demanded.
"Your just a boy." She told him, the humor clearly heard in her tone.
"And you must be a very daring young girl to address me in such away." He replied. That however, only resulted her her laughing harder.
Once she calmed down she asked him, "So, care to tell me why you practically destroyed my inn?"
"We're looking for the Avatar, and we know you know where he is." He told her.
"Ah, just how I like it. Simple and strait to the point." She shot back. That earned her a slap across the face. But she only laughed. "I'm afraid you're in the wrong place monsieur. El Avatar no está aquí." One of her favorite things to do is confuse people by using a bunch of different languages. "hvorfor i alverden skulle man tro, han ville være her?" That earned her another slap across the face. She laughed again. "If you wanted me to translate, all you had to do was ask." She laughed at them.
"What did you say little witch!" The man with the scar shouted at her.
"Hahaha! What makes you think I would know where the Avatar is?" She asked them innocently.
"Because his Bison is in the barn." He replied.
Her heart lept with panic but she didn't dare let it show. She sent a mental message to Appa. Having a connection with all creatures is really good sometimes. "Appa, you need to leave. Aang, Katara, and Sokka had to escape quickly. You'll see them again at one of the earth kingdoms. Maybe even sooner. When I have time to tell you which one I'll let you know. Just leave! NOW!" She could sense Appa leaving and knew he had gotten the message. So, she faced the strange boy again and just told him, "There's no bison in my barn."
"Yes there is! We saw it!" He yelled back.
"Well look again. I'm sure it's empty."
"You! Go outside and check." He told one of the soldiers. When the soldier came back and reported that there was nothing there, the scarred boy became VERY angry. "I don't know what you did little witch, but I know the Avatar was here. So, now your going to tell me, Where. Has. He. Gone."
"Yeah? And what if I don't feel like it. More importantly, what if I don't know?" She sassed him.
"Oh, I know you know. So tell me, where did he go?"
She sighed. "Alright. I'm not gonna lie to ya. When they heard you coming they ran inside and jumped through that magical mirror that you all broke." She told him
Everyone just stared at her. "You think this is a joke? We can force the answer out of you!"
"By all means, kill me."
"Now why would we do that?" He replied with a smirk. "You could prove to be very... useful as a captive." He said looking into her eyes, as well as everywhere else. All the men laughed.
That made her angry. "I am not your pet!" She yelled at them.
"From this moment on you are." He laughed and reached out to grab her. In return, she bit his hand. "Why you little-" But she cut him off.
"I have a name you know! It's Ananda. At least call me by my actual name." She told them all.
"Very well. In that case, my name is-" Again he was cut off.
"Prince Zuko I know." She told him.
He was shocked. "How could you know that?" This girl treated him with so much disrespect even with the knowledge that he was a prince.
"You made the mistake of looking into my eyes." She told him while looking him strait in the eyes.
"That's impossible. You must have just recognized me."
"That's possible. But be careful of who you make eye contact with Prince Zuko. For some people, staring into one's eyes tells them everything about that person. Your worst fears, your strengths, your weaknesses, and your girlfriend, Mai correct?"
His head snapped up and he looked right at her. "How did you-"
"I can see who you are Prince Zuko, and this is not you."
Monsieur French, meaning: Mister, or sir
El Avatar no está aquí Spanish, meaning: The Avatar isn't here.
hvorfor i alverden skulle man tro, han ville være her? Danish, meaning: Why on earth do you think he'd be here?